Chad Mendes

Chad Mendes impresses me as the real, wrestling-forged article. He sharpened his base as a collegiate wrestler at Cal Poly before becoming a top featherweight in mixed martial arts, and now he competes in bare-knuckle boxing, about the most stripped-down combat there is. What I respect most is his appetite for reinvention; rather than fading after MMA, he threw himself into a brutal new arena. The detail that his official site looks like a fishing and outdoors brand only makes him more human to me, a warrior with a quieter side. Fighters with a solid foundation always earn my trust.

Name (English)

Chad Mendes

Name (Japanese)

チャド・メンデス

Reading

ちゃど・めんです

Born

May 1, 1985 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Ox

Origin

Hanford, California, United States

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter / collegiate wrestler

High school

Hanford High School

University

California Polytechnic State University

• Official sitehttps://www.finzandfeatherz.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/chadmendes/
• Xhttps://x.com/chadmendes
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad%20Mendes
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2057808

Tags

• California
• mixed martial arts fighter
• collegiate wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.